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The language of abuse [[electronic resource] ] : marital violence in later medieval England / / by Sara M. Butler



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Autore: Butler Sara M (Sara Margaret) Visualizza persona
Titolo: The language of abuse [[electronic resource] ] : marital violence in later medieval England / / by Sara M. Butler Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 p.)
Disciplina: 362.82/92094209024
Soggetto topico: Family violence - England - History - To 1500
Wife abuse - England - History - To 1500
Women - Violence against - England - History - To 1500
Families - England - History - To 1500
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references(p. [267]-279) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Setting the scene: discourses of passivity and violence -- Types and frequency of abuse in the medieval law courts -- Causes of marital tension -- The acceptability of marital violence: six case studies -- Regulating marital violence: the family and the community -- Scolds, personal liability, and marital violence.
Sommario/riassunto: The Language of Abuse provides the first comprehensive examination of marital violence in later medieval England. Drawing from a wide variety of legal and literary sources, this book develops a nuanced perspective of the acceptability of marital violence at a time when social expectations of gender and marriage were in transition. As such, Butler’s work contributes to current debates concerning the role of the jury, levels of violence in late medieval England, the power relationship within marriage, and the position of women in medieval society.
Titolo autorizzato: The language of abuse  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-92098-3
9786611920982
90-474-1895-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910453182603321
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Serie: Later medieval Europe ; ; v. 2.